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Endorsements for November 5, 2024 Consolidated General Election

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60% of votes cast is required for endorsement for propositions and single-winner races, and 50% for multiple-seat races.

If an office or proposition is not listed, that means no candidate or position reached the threshold for endorsement in that race; therefore the Club could take no position.

US President/Vice President
KAMALA HARRIS/TIM WALZ

United States Senator
ADAM SCHIFF

United States House of Representatives, District 11
NANCY PELOSI

State Senate, District 11
SCOTT WIENER

State Assembly, District 17
MATT HANEY

BART Director, District 9
EDWARD WRIGHT

San Francisco City Attorney
DAVID CHIU

San Francisco Sheriff
PAUL MIYAMOTO

San Francisco Treasurer
JOSÉ CISNEROS

San Francisco Board of Education
MATT ALEXANDER
PARAG GUPTA
JAIME HULING
SUPRYIA RAY

San Francisco Community College Board
ALIYA CHISTI
RUTH FERGUSON
HEATHER MCCARTY
LUIS ZAMORA

San Francisco Propositions – remainder coming after Sept 17
A – YES!! Schools improvement & safety bond
B – YES Health, streets, shelter bond
C – YES Inspector General
D – NO City commissions & mayoral authority
G – YES Rental subsidies for low-income etc
I – YES Retirement benefits for nurses, 911 operators
J – YES Funding for children and youth
L – YES Tax the ride-hails to fund the bus
M – YES Changes to business tax
O – YES!! Supporting reproductive rights

Regional measure (alas, withdrawn by proponents)
4 – YES!!  Bay Area Affordable Housing Bond

California Propositions
2 – YES!!  Public education facilities bond
3 – YES!!   Reaffirm marriage equality
4 – YES!!  Climate resilience bond re: water, wildfires, parks, energy
5 – YES!!  Approval threshold lowered to 55% for local infrastructure & affordable housing bonds
6 – YES!!  Limit forced labor in state prisons
32 – YES Increase minimum wage to $18/hour
33 – YES  Repeal Costa-Hawkins to allow local regulations on rent control
34- NO Landlords requiring AIDS Health Foundation to spend 98% on patient care
35 – YES Permanent tax on managed healthcare org’s, to fund MediCal

!! = unanimous

Tues Sept 17, 6:30pm SHARP: Endorsements continue at the Nabe

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Please join us at Potrero Hill Neighborhood House in-person (preferred), or online – zoom ink here – as we address the rest of what’s on your ballot.

The meeting will begin with a City College Board of Trustees Candidate Forum, moderated by PHDC board member and educator Sara O’Neill. 

Potrero Hill Democratic Club Endorsement Meeting, Round 3 

for the November 5, 2024 Election

Tuesday, Sept 17th, 6:30 sharp

Potrero Hill Neighborhood House, 953 De Haro St @ Southern Hts

Online option will be available

We will consider the remaining candidates and measures on the ballot, and cast our votes that evening.

Endorsements made earlier are here.

Endorsements, part 2, for the November 5, 2024 General Election

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US President/Vice President
KAMALA HARRIS/TIM WALZ

United States Senator
ADAM SCHIFF

United States House of Representatives, District 11
NANCY PELOSI

San Francisco Treasurer
JOSÉ CISNEROS

San Francisco Board of Education
MATT ALEXANDER
PARAG GUPTA
JAIME HULING
SUPRYIA RAY

San Francisco Propositions – remainder coming after Sept 17
A – YES!! Schools improvement & safety bond
C – YES Inspector General
D – NO City commissions & mayoral authority
E – no position
G – YES Rental subsidies for low-income etc
L – YES Tax the ride-hails to fund the bus
M – YES Changes to business tax

Tues Sept 3, 6:30pm SHARP: Endorsements Continue – at the Nabe

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Please join us at Potrero Hill Neighborhood House in-person (preferred), or online – zoom info coming soon – as we continue to address what’s on your ballot.

The meeting will begin with a School Board Candidate Forum, moderated by SFUSD parent and PHDC board member Sara O’Neill. 

Potrero Hill Democratic Club Endorsement Meeting, Round 2 

for the November 5, 2024 Election

Tuesday, Sept 3rd, 6:30 sharp

Potrero Hill Neighborhood House, 953 De Haro St @ Southern Hts

Online option will be available

We will consider several offices and approximately half of the local ballot measures, and cast our votes that evening. We will tackle what’s left on the ballot two weeks later.

Endorsements from Sept 3rd and earlier are here.

Endorsements, part 1, for November 5, 2024 Consolidated General Election

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Thanks everyone who worked on, spoke at, and attended our virtual endorsement meeting August 6!

60% of votes is the threshold required for endorsement of propositions and in single-winner races, and 50% is required for multiple-seat races. The rest of the ballot will be covered and voted on September 3rd and September 17th, at Potrero Hill Neighborhood House.

State Senate, District 11
SCOTT WIENER

State Assembly, District 17
MATT HANEY

BART Director, District 9
EDWARD WRIGHT

San Francisco City Attorney
DAVID CHIU

San Francisco District Attorney
no position

San Francisco Sheriff
PAUL MIYAMOTO

Regional measure
4 – YES!!  Bay Area Affordable Housing Bond

California Propositions
2 – YES!!  Public education facilities bond
3 – YES!!   Reaffirm marriage equality
4 – YES!!  Climate resilience bond re: water, wildfires, parks, energy
5 – YES!!  Approval threshold lowered to 55% for local infrastructure & affordable housing bonds
6 – YES!!  Limit forced labor in state prisons
32 – YES Increase minimum wage to $18/hour
33 – coming later  Repeal Costa-Hawkins to allow local regulations on rent control
34- NO Landlords requiring AIDS Health Foundation to spend 98% on patient care
35 – YES Permanent tax on managed healthcare org’s, to fund MediCal
36 – no position  Increase theft and drug crime penalties

!! = unanimous

Meet the five major candidates for mayor

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Join your neighbors for a series of Q&A forums to get to know the candidates and share what’s top of mind for Dogpatch & Potrero Hill residents. All forums begin at 6:30 p.m. at the Dogpatch Hub, 1278 Minnesota Street @ 24th Doors open at 6, refreshments served, no candidate endorsements associated with these events (but Potrero Hill Democratic Club will endorse, see below). Organized by neighbors Jen Betti, Kopal Maheshwari, Matt Nessier & Joan Meyer. To guarantee your seat, RSVP for each forum individually: Ahsha Safaí Wed 8/7; Mark Farrell Fri 8/9; Daniel Lurie Tues 8/13; Aaron Peskin Tues 8/20; London Breed Thurs 8/29.

PHDC has created a questionnaire which we asked each of the 5 candidates to complete; you can find a link to the questionnaires we received here. Due to circumstances beyond our control, PHDC will not host a mayoral candidate debate this year, but club members will vote to endorse in this race. So we want our members to be as informed as possible.

Tues Dec 6th, 6:30pm: Election & Holiday Celebration

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It’s a party! On the night that Senator Raphael Warnock’s reelection will (we hope we hope) strengthen Democrats’ hold on the Senate, join us at 
HiDive, Pier 28 on The Embarcadero.

Cosponsored by South Beach District 6 Democratic Club and PHDC. We will gather in the HiDive’s tent outside, to enjoy appetizers and a no-host bar. So come and meet your neighbors, plus recently-reelected and -elected District 10 Supervisor Shamann Walton and District 6 Supervisor Matt Dorsey, who will be there unless their Board meeting runs overtime.

Also: a brief presentation from the Embarcadero Navigation Center. The Center’s clients always need personal items including socks and small shampoos& other toiletries. If you want to help, you can either bring something for the collection box, or buy a $5 raffle ticket in support (for a chance to win a baseball autographed by Giants pitcher Logan Webb).

PHDC’s endorsement meetings for the November 8, 2022 election

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First up: August 30th, 6:30pm

We will begin our series of educational/endorsement meetings for the November election on Tuesday, August 30th with the District 10 Supervisor race (debate, moderated by J.R. Eppler), plus candidates for Public Defender and District Attorney. Club members in good standing will vote that evening. This meeting, cosponsored by the Potrero Boosters, will be on Zoom.

Update – endorsement vote results: District 10 Supervisor – Shamann Walton; District Attorney – no position; Public Defender – no position. (In order to secure the club’s endorsement, a candidate would have to receive 60% of votes cast. If no candidate does that, the club takes no position in the race.)

Tues Sept 6th (right after Labor Day), 6:30pm on Zoom: Local & state ballot measures

  • Fourteen local ballot measures, arguments pro & con
  • Seven California measures too
  • Endorsement vote

Update – endorsement vote results on propositions are here.

Tues Sept 13th, 6:30pm: School Night! Board of Education candidate panel moderated by Sara O’Neill; pitches from candidates for CCSF Board of Trustees; endorsement vote.

Update: Endorsements from School Night. Board of Education: Alida Fisher, Lainie Motamedi, Lisa Weissman-Ward. Community College Board (4-yr term): Vick Chung, Anita Martinez, Susan Solomon. Community College Board (2-yr term): Adolfo Velasquez.

☞ If you are a voting member in good standing, you will receive an appropriate ballot before each meeting. Please note: For statewide offices, our Primary Election endorsements carry over.

Feb 2nd: Officer elections; discussion of recall effort

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In January, we nominated most of the existing Executive Committee members to return for 2021. Nominations will remain open and we will elect the Club Executive Committee on Tuesday. We’ll also discuss the possible recall election of Governor Gavin Newsom. Trump-aligned groups are cynically using COVID-19 to reverse California’s progress and potentially put a Republican in the Governor’s office. Join us at 6:30pm on Zoom. For the link to join, email contact_us@phdemclub.org